Archive - 17 February 2013

Ex-prime minister says Malaysia has the right to enforce its own law, including prohibiting any individual from entering this country.

Sabah police chief says he is making concerted efforts to arrange the meeting and can't say when they will be deported.

Malaysia may possibility attain the status by 2018 if its economic growth rate remains at 5.3 to 5.5pct within four years.

A statement from the office of his son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, says the 89-year-old former leader was resting at home.

Musa Aman says the people shouldn't believe stories released by unreliable sources that could lead to all sorts of speculation.

Russia halts its search for the meteorite that spectacularly struck last week, leaving 1,200 people hurt.

PKR’s Anwar Ibrahim and DAP’s Lim Kit Siang decry the rumours and say this is the work of Umno-owned media.

Gillard says her government made strenuous representations on Xenophon's behalf, in relation to him being detained but, didn't succeed.

UPDATED 6.15PM Supporters of the PM and opposition leader at the Dong Zong CNY open house try to show who is more popular. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.10PM The EPF chairperson says the rate was 15 basis point higher than the six percent paid in 2011.

‘It was irresponsible of him since he failed to check and get his facts right,’ says the DAP chairperson during a constituency visit.

UPDATED 4.05PM Indians are warming to BN and Pakatan may lose 25 seats if it does not win Hindraf's support, says its chief.

UPDATED 7.42PM This is despite the authorities declaring an end to negotiations with more than 100 militants in Sabah.

UPDATED 3.35PM The PM asked us to arrange for a meeting with him after the Chinese New Year celebrations, says Dong Zong chairperson Yap Sin Tian.

The state has always been very supportive of Chinese schools and it understands the importance of education, says Musa Aman.

With the election looming, the deportation of Senator Nick Xenophon confirms Najib Abdul Razak to be a 'false democrat'.

UPDATED 12.25PM He says the concept has long been practised in the country through power-sharing since independence, besides sharing of wealth.

COMMENT More tragically, it shows clearly that the PM has not been able to carry his party and the civil service with him.

UPDATED 12.35PM He is the first PM to attend Dong Zong's open house, after more than 50 years of its existence. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Kuswadinata, or his real name Kuswadi Bujang, who suffered from colon cancer and kidney problems, was pronounced dead at 5.07pm.

FREE VOXPOP 'Separate elections had been held in Kelantan, Sabah and Sarawak. Matters of logistics and finance are not...'

UPDATED 12.30PM Speaking in Sydney, Xenophon says the order to deport him came 'probably from the PM’s office'.

FREE VOXPOP 'These Umno and Perkasa samseng are only good at intimidating young girls but have no balls to confront their corrupt bosses.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Pakatan will not allow itself to be pressured into signing anything that would scare majority Malay electorate.'

FREE YOURSAY 'A senator from a democratic country is an enemy of state, whereas armed Philippine militants are given VVIP treatment.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘We protect a conman who is wanted in the Philippines but we stop an Australian senator from entering the country.'